Russel Elevado about Tube Gear

"Yes I do love tube gear but not necessarily as a preference. I like the way vintage tube and opto compressors sound and behave. I haven't found (or tried) many vca based compressors that I like. maybe what I favor is a vintage sound and most vca comps are too modern sounding. I don't mainly use compressors to control the level (exceptions again). I go for the actual sound of a particular compressor. and I don't consciously shy away from vca's. I do like the

Russel visited Denmark in September 2014 and we had the pleasure of his visit in JBo/TUBE-TECH Studio, where we discussed the recorded tracks and mastering issues.

Russel did not know all details about the recording process when mixing on his home setup, but he liked the sound of the tracks and loved the fact that there was no problems to solve. "The sound was nice and right all over and very little treatment was needed!"

TUBE-TECH Home Studio Recording

Danish top recording and touring artist Mike Andersen has recorded his new album at home using TUBE-TECH preamps and processing.

This is the full story about the recording of Danish Soul/Blues Singer, Guitar player, Songwriter Mike Andersen's 2014 album "HOME"

As the title indicates, the whole album is recorded at Mike's house in Århus, Denmark by Mike himself. For the recordings Mike has used 90% TUBE-TECH microphone preamps and processing.

The majority of the songs has been mixed by New York based, legendary engineer/producer Russel Elevado, also on his home mixing setup. We have talked to Russel about the quality of the recorded tracks and Russel's statement was that "everything sounded really great!"

"HOME" is released over most of Europe and has received many very positive reviews.